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Redefining Laboratory Instruction Using Virtual Laboratory

By Dr. G. Janardhanan   |   National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai
Learners enrolled: 492
The fundamental principle of engineering is to prepare the students to practice engineering and to deal with the forces and materials of nature. In the good old days, instructional laboratories were important and integral part of the undergraduate engineering education. In the present scenario, unfortunately laboratory instruction is not getting proper attention, due to various factors especially mismatch in the structuring of laboratory instruction.

The main aim of laboratory education is to fulfill:

 
a)     It should corroborate class room teaching to verify experimentally various theoretical deductions and to illustrate the applications of basic principles.

 
b)     From the laboratory courses, the student is supposed to acquire a knowledge of various test equipment’s, different components, usual measuring techniques, a few specialized testing and measuring techniques and concept of error evaluation.

 
c)      It should develop in the students a certain mechanical aptitude, and a feeling for physical magnitude of the things.

 
d)     A laboratory program should aim at developing in a student a clear understanding of the gap between ideal models and actual systems.


 In this course, participants will be exposed to use of ICT tools in the laboratory instruction and provided greater insight about the use of Virtual laboratory in the instruction.  Based on the various case studies and knowledge reinforcement, at the end of the course participants will design and develop the laboratory instruction using virtual laboratory. Explore the techniques to enhance the student engagement and achievement in the laboratory.

Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Not Applicable
Duration : 4 weeks
Category :
  • Teacher Education
Credit Points : 2
Level : Continuing Education
Start Date : 02 Mar 2020
End Date : 10 Apr 2020
Enrollment Ends : 08 Mar 2020
Exam Date : 09 May 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction
Philosophy – Salient Features – Do and Don’ts in Virtual Laboratory - History of Online Learning - Current Models of Virtual Education - Evolving Models of Virtual Education - Virtual Programs and Organizations

Week 2: Student participation & encouraging students to collaborate
Participants will be guided through key tools and techniques, and will be encouraged to partake in practical and collaborative activity. The aim of this week is to introduce ways in which participants can encourage their own students to interact and collaborate with each other, using simple tools accessible online.

Week 3: Synchronous and Asynchronous 
In this week, we will examine the features of synchronous and asynchronous technologies. We will also discuss how to best utilize social media to meet the needs of different learners.

Week 4: Transitioning from the Classroom to the Virtual Environment
In this week we will examine the similarities and differences between teaching in the real laboratory and Virtual laboratory. We will discuss the benefits of online education for accommodating and meeting the needs of at-risk and special needs students. 

Week 5: The Future of Virtual Education  
We'll consider and discuss the future of online virtual laboratory education and how new technologies are changing the landscape of technical education in India and other developing countries

Books and references

"Emerging Computation and Information technologies for Education"

Instructor bio

Dr. G. Janardhanan

National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai
Dr. G. Janardhanan, Associate Professor & Head, Centre for International Affairs. He has been working in the domain of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sustainable development in infrastructure, Technology enabled instruction, experiential and activity-based instruction.  He has coordinated more than 150 training programmes for National participants and 18 International programme in the area of Sustainable Development, Green building concepts, Water Quality Analysis, Geo-environmental Engineering, Blended and Flipped Classroom, Technology Enabled Teaching Learning, Student Evaluation and Instructional Design and Delivery. He has transformed through training more than 260 international participants and 2500 plus national participants. He has developed virtual laboratory for environmental engineering laboratory and handled several national and international projects in the area of engineering, technology and Engineering Education. He has been recognized as an expert by UNESCO Bangkok on MOOCs in Higher Education.

Course certificate

The course certificate is provided after undergoing this online course.

Internal Assessment - 30% 
  
(Assignments, Online quiz, Active participation in Discussion forum, Change Project)
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Final Examination - 70% 


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